System Requirements - AVIRA ANTIVIRUS PREMIUM 2012 User Manual

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ProActiv component for the permanent monitoring of program actions (for 32-bit system
only, not available under Windows 2000)

Mail Protection (POP3 Scanner, IMAP Scanner and SMTP Scanner) for the permanent
checking of emails for viruses and malware. Checking of email attachments is included

Web Protection for monitoring data and files transferred from the Internet using the
HTTP protocol (monitoring of ports 80, 8080, 3128)
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Integrated quarantine management to isolate and process suspicious files
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Rootkits protection for detecting hidden malware installed in your computer system
(rootkits)
(Not available under Windows XP 64 bit)
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Direct access to detailed information on the detected viruses and malware via the
Internet

Simple and quick updates to the program, virus definitions, and search engine through
Single File Update and incremental VDF updates via a web server on the Internet

User-friendly licensing in License Manager

Integrated Scheduler for planning one-off or recurring jobs such as updates or scans

Extremely high virus and malware detection via innovative scanning technology (scan
engine) including heuristic scanning method

Detection of all conventional archive types including detection of nested archives and
smart extension detection

High-performance multithreading function (simultaneous high-speed scanning of
multiple files)

2.2 System requirements

The system requirements are as follows:

Computer Pentium or later, at least 1 GHz
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Operating system

Windows XP, SP2 (32 or 64 bit) or
 Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit, SP1) or

Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit)

At least 150 MB of free hard disk memory space (more if using quarantine for temporary
storage)

At least 512 MB RAM under Windows XP

At least 1024 MB RAM under Windows Vista, Windows 7

For the program installation: Administrator rights

For all installations: Windows Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher

Internet connection where appropriate (see Installation)
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